canonize
Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.: Compare beatify (def. 2).
to glorify.
to make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially of scriptural works: They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy.
to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.
to sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically.
Archaic. to deify.
Origin of canonize
1- Also especially British, can·on·ise .
Other words from canonize
- can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- can·on·iz·er, noun
- su·per·can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- un·can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- un·can·on·ize, verb (used with object), un·can·on·ized, un·can·on·iz·ing.
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How to use canonize in a sentence
And it was a radical part of your tool set, throwing it into a ballad, which was also a canonized jazz standard.
It simultaneously crowned a pop princess and canonized a sex goddess.
Britney Spears’s ‘…Baby One More Time’ Turns 15: The Making of an Iconic Music Video | Kevin Fallon | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLegendary designers Karl Lagerfeld and Valentino have each been canonized in their own namesake films.
He was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint by Pope John Paul II in 1981.
It is not, then, surprising that these monks reckon sixteen thousand canonized saints of their order.
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But when Swithin was canonized p. 195the monks resolved to remove his body into the choir of the church.
The Rain Cloud | AnonymousHe was canonized in 1037, and his feast is celebrated annually in the Roman Church on the 7th of May.
Hither came the earliest pilgrims in the first rush of enthusiasm for the newly-canonized martyr.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. | Hartley WithersOn his death he was immediately canonized, and many miracles occurred at his tomb.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. | Hartley Withers
British Dictionary definitions for canonize
canonise
/ (ˈkænəˌnaɪz) /
RC Church to declare (a person) to be a saint and thus admit to the canon of saints
to regard as holy or as a saint
to sanction by canon law; pronounce valid
Derived forms of canonize
- canonization or canonisation, noun
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